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How are you guys coming along on your School-Based game for the February contest?

I've two good ideas so far, but i just cant decide which one to do. One is kind of cliché but would be exciting. The other idea i have is really unique and kidn of "light-hearted" but might not be as exciting.

I would tell you guys my ideas but of course they are classified Top Secret due to the contest.

90% done and expecting to win.

Wow, I seem so confident.

90% done and its only February 2nd?

And i agree that you sound a little overconfident in your statement "expecting to win"

You tempt me with such comments! I shall have to flex my true storymaking muscles and show you a good fight JJJ! Just remember that if you dont win, try not to be upset about it. I know you are a little competitive, but just remember that you have allready written some really great games so win-or-lose you are still a good gamemaker.

Wow, your pretty confident too!  I may write between 10-12 games for this contest but dont think that they wont all be very, very good!  I'm undoubtedly the fastest writer among us, if not the best, lol.  God, I sound so full of myself but thats not how this is meant to come out, dont take it that way!

I dunno man, it seems like it would be better to write one great polished game than try to finish 10-12 low-quality games in one month just to have more contest entries!

In fact i didnt even realize that was allowed. If thats the case, then maybe i should see if i can find the time to do both of my game ideas for this contest.

Also i want to make it clear that i am not trying to be an overconfident prick in my posts. I just think you guys will have a lot of fun with the games i create and im looking forward to sharing them with everyone on the site. The biggest fear i have is that i might lose momentum and never finish my "main" game. (Axebane: Warrior of Legend) At least with this contest i have a strict deadline that will help me to not procrastinate and will encourage me to acctually finish my game!

HEY! I already said that They wouldn't be low quality.  Two days, 74 pages, 200 links so far.  Also, no spelling errors that get caught by spellcheckers and good pictures.  Alexp has already looked!

True, you did say they were all going to be "very, very good" but you understand my point right? The more time you spend polishing, playtesting and tweaking a game the better it can be. Therefore if you try writing a bunch of games you just wont have time to give them all the most amount of polish, right?

Then again i might be working with the assumtion that you have limited free-time to work on gamebooks. I work 12 hour days so i dont have a lot of time in the evenings for writing gamebooks, so it probably just makes more sense in my situation to focus on one or two games instead of writing a bunch like you.

HEHE, Oh man, I'm kinda renowned for my game speed al be it I only "work" seven hour days, you should see some of the times I have gotten games done.  Each of my IQ tests took 91 minutes (90 minutes is the minimum) and my Wolves game also took 91 minutes and it was given honorable mention in the biggest contest that ever hit MAG.  Mattias took me only 1.75 months and its huge, all of my quizes took 91 minutes (less because they were before the limit) and my renegade series took under a day.  Now I do know these wern't polished but I've polished this one as I've went and I have installed a spellchecker.

You guys are confident. But there's a subtle difference between confidence and bragging, and you guys are smart enough not to cross the line. I too, have faith in my game, although it's taking me longer to make than JJJ's standards. I don't think that it matters how long it takes to make the game, as long as the game is good.
Looking foreward to seeing my competition
-Jay

Hello "Jay".

it looks like im going to miss the first "February contest". my computer keeps shutting down do to power failure problems. not to mention ill be doing my first tests this coming week. ill keep working on my game but wont make the deadline im sure. sorry guys. i hope that atleast three enter though.

nate

They better....

well, atleast the power failure problem that i was dealign with has been taken care of. i still have tests and stuff to worry about so i most likely still wont make the deadline but i will try.

nate

WE NEED to have three authors entering, or I will be enraged...

well, i got a lot done on my new school game. im at school right now when i was writing it.lol. oh the irony. it just might happen. either way i will publish it, before, during, or after the contest. a new game is coming...

nate

During!!!  It cant be b4 though... Make it during..

doh!! wasnt thinking lol. i was refering to before the deadline though somewhere lol. its coming along nicely though. I should be able to work on it for the next couple of days though. ill do my best. but im sure there are going to be 3 people in the contest.

nate

Ya it would be a bummer if there wasn't...  Shouldn't you be thinking at school Nate, thats very irresponsible... LOL.  It would be a waste of 130 pages if three people didn't enter.  (Game should be about 135-145 on completion)